perception
Physicist Explains Why Coffee Could Taste Best with Potatoes
Fancy some caviar and chocolate? The science of perception explains why these unexpected flavor pairings taste better than you'd think.
A Panda? An Office Building? A Galaxy? You Can Become Literally Anything in this F*cking Incredible Video Game
Animator and artist David O'Reilly reaches for the stars and beyond in 'Everything,' the follow-up to his critically-acclaimed, 'Mountain.'
Squeamish Alien Creatures Battle in a Nightmarish CG Video
A war between the real and make-believe goes down in animator David Brodeur's 'Ocular.'
This Picture Has No Red Pixels—So Why Do the Strawberries Still Look Red?
Color constancy continues to confound us.
Neuroscientists Hack Sense of Touch
By tweaking neural calcium levels, it's possible to crank up and down touch sensations.
White Wine Pairs Better with Cheese Than Red Wine, Scientists Say
White wine has long been in the purple shadow of red red wine when it comes to cheese pairings, but the tides are slowly turning.
Perception Is Not Reality for Eagles and Cowboys After Sunday Night Classic
Rookie quarterbacks Carson Wentz and Dak Prescott are neither as good nor as bad as their reputations would have you believe.
Inside Pipilotti Rist's Psychedelic 'Pixel Forest' at the New Museum
The Swiss mixed-media artist explores the limits of human perception through sound and video works in her new show at the New Museum.
Computer Scientist Publishes Manifesto for Expressive Algorithmic Music
A new five-year research project aims to understand how humans compute music.